1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news. 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: E God, what is this Thursday? 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 2: It is six o'clock on this Thursday morning, and we're 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 2: waking up with a little bit of an issue here. 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: We've got cloudy skies in Boston. It is forty eight 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 2: degrees and already some myst and some rainfall with more 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: to come. The News at six is brought to us 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: by your new England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel 9 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 2: drive headquarters. Welcome aboard this Thursday morning. Thumbs up. I'm 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 2: Jeff Brown. We are just getting started. 11 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 3: Today will be cloudy and breezy. We'll see a bit 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: of rain or drusle at times, especially this afternoon. Our 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 3: high fifty seven toward evening. That is WBZ yacky weather 14 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 3: meteorologist Joe Lundberg. The rain gets heavier, steadier overnight in 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 3: the wind even stronger coming up later on today. A 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 3: rookie breaks a record at the World Series. As the 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 3: Blue Jays find themselves now in the driver's seat. It's 18 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 3: a Game five victory over the Dodgers. That series takes 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 3: tonight off and returns to Toronto tomorrow night for Game six. 20 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 3: Most impressive win for the Celtics this year, who demolish 21 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 3: the Cavaliers at the Garden and the Bruins will get 22 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 3: garden ice. 23 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 2: Tonight they'll host the Buffalo Sabers. Time is running out. 24 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: More than a dozen cities and towns in Massachusetts are 25 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 2: still not in compliance with the controversial MBTA Communities Act 26 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 2: of twenty twenty one. Now on a fast ticking clock 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: with an end of year deadline, legal consequences could be 28 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 2: coming next if these municipalities are in violation. The law 29 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: requires communities served by the tea or within spitting distance 30 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 2: of a tea stop to create zoning laws which will 31 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: allow for multifamily housing units. The problem is, voters in 32 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 2: many of those communities do not want to be told 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: what to do. Government shutdown day number thirty now underway. 34 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: Democrats say Republicans are weaponizing hunger with the Snap benefit snub. 35 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: This weekend, more than forty million Americans will not get 36 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: Novembers check for the program once known as food stamps. 37 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: But President Trump's budget team does manage to shake the 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 2: coach cushions to deliver on tomorrow's payday for American troops. 39 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 2: The workaround money comes from the Defense spending in the 40 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: President's Big Beautiful Bill and other military budget line items. 41 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 2: The US military says it has taken out four more 42 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 2: suspected drug smugglers in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. 43 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: Defense Secretary Pete Hegsat says the victims were connected to 44 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 2: known cartel activity. In fact, the White House's war on 45 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 2: drug cartels has claimed more than sixty lives since attacks 46 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: began in the Caribbean around Labor Day. A lost laptop 47 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 2: ruins the vacation for everyone. I hate when that happens. 48 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: Nobody one sees Drew m'holland as details. What can possibly 49 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 2: go wrong? 50 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 4: Yeah, let's call it flying struggles of a unique variety. 51 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: Huh. 52 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 4: All right, So a United Airlines flight from Washington, d C. 53 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 4: To Rome is forced to turn around off the coast 54 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 4: of Boston after the pilot says a passenger's laptop slipped 55 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 4: between a wall panel and the cabin. A wall panel 56 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 4: in the cabin, the thing just slipped right down and 57 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:02,839 Speaker 4: dropped into the cargo hold. 58 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 5: Job. 59 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 2: That sounds like an engineering defect to me. 60 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 4: Okay, we'll get into that, but you probably are wondering, 61 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 4: why can't the plane just carry on well. Airline officials 62 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 4: say they can't take the chance due to the danger 63 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 4: from the computer's lithium ion battery being out of site 64 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 4: and out of mind, so the flight returns to dullest. 65 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: The laptop located lands in Italy five hours late. 66 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 2: Isn't that convenience? Man oh Man? 67 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 4: Crazy? 68 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 2: With everything else going on in the world, it's a 69 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 2: laptop that ruins vacation. 70 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: I know. 71 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 2: The stutter step to this elusive weekend, which will be 72 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: an extra hour longer because of the end of daylight 73 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: saving time. It's going to be a struggle to get there. 74 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 2: Starting right now, it's cloudy here in Boston. We do 75 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 2: have a few showers, and elsewhere some drizzle continues, especially 76 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: near the coastline today. Temperatures eventually rise to near sixty 77 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 2: this afternoon, but this afternoon also features some pretty strong 78 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: winds and the arrival of some pretty heavy rain too, 79 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 2: which is going to take us through the overnight hours tonight. 80 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: Temperatures will not really fall out of the fifties while 81 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 2: we're asleep tonight, but the heavy rain will come down 82 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: at such a clip that we could be dealing with 83 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: some localized flooding and some ponding concerns on roadways. We 84 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: are expecting about one to three inches widespread of total 85 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 2: precipitation from this storm maker moving through the area, which 86 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: will continue to wind up tomorrow morning, with some leftover 87 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 2: rain before it's left with wind for the rest of 88 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 2: the day, maybe some sunshine throughout the day tomorrow as 89 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 2: trigger treaters get ready to hit the pavement. Tomorrow night, 90 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 2: it's going to be windy. Temperatures will be in the 91 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: lower sixties, though, so pretty mild heading into the weekend, 92 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 2: though it looks like a mixture of sunshine and clouds 93 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: both days. High temperatures in the fifties. Right now, it's 94 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 2: cloudy skies and going downhill. Here in Boston it's forty 95 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 2: eight degrees at six oh six this Thursday morning. There's 96 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: new research this morning that finds coronavirus and influenza can 97 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 2: really be hazardous to your health. 98 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,239 Speaker 6: An analysis of more than one hundred and fifty seventy 99 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 6: seems to confirm that coming down with flu, COVID nineteen, shinkles, 100 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 6: or other viruses can significantly raise your risk of stroke 101 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 6: and heart disease. Your heart attack risk quadruples in the 102 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 6: month following a flu infection, and you have five times 103 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 6: the risk of a stroke, and the risk can remain 104 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 6: elevated years after your initial infection. 105 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 2: CBS's Vicki Barker. More in this study can be found 106 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 2: in this week's Journal of the American Hearts Association. Some 107 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 2: of us have to restock the candy again this season 108 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 2: for obvious reasons. You ready is Halloween's coming. 109 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 7: Halloween falls on a Friday this year, so the possibilities 110 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 7: are endless, whether that's going out to clubs or bars 111 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 7: dressed in your spooky best classic monster. Yeah, Frankenstein, let's 112 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 7: do that, you know, Let's put some bolts. 113 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: In the neck. 114 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 7: Bolts in the neck or candy in the bulls. That 115 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 7: seems to be the pace for these folks. 116 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 4: Have candy and I'm going to give out some little 117 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,679 Speaker 4: kids and we normally have a block party. 118 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 7: Okay, candy to give out. 119 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 8: We like to have a variety, so we got chocolate 120 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 8: candy and like fruity candy, so the kids can pick 121 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 8: what they want. 122 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 7: Is there one particular cost that you're hoping to see? 123 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: I just like them all. 124 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 5: I even like the older kids to stress up. 125 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 7: Now for the trick or treating teams it's best to 126 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 7: put at least a little bit of effort in your costume, 127 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 7: or no candy for you. 128 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 5: I ask questions, who are you today? 129 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 7: At South Station? James trohas WBZ, Boston's news radio. 130 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 2: Of course, time marches on, and it won't be long 131 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: before there'll be frost on your rotting pumpkin. 132 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 5: You ever think about where that jack o' lantern is 133 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 5: going after your chuck it? 134 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 8: If for whatever reason, the demand isn't there that year, 135 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 8: that's a lot of pumpkins that, even in the fields, 136 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 8: are going to waste. 137 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 5: The US Department of Energies has a billion pounds of 138 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 5: pumpkin waste ends up in landfills. 139 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: Every year after Halloween. 140 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 5: Nikki Wilson with Native Community Organic Farm says there are 141 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 5: ways to keep from adding to the pile. 142 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 8: Obviously, people carve them, so at that point I would 143 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 8: be thinking about recipes. The whole of the pumpkin can 144 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 8: be eaten in some way, shape or form. 145 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 5: That means the seeds you're scooping don't need to be 146 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 5: thrown out. They can be dried and roasted after you're 147 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 5: done with the pumpkin. Composting is an easy strategy, and 148 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 5: although they don't take pumpkins from the public themselves. 149 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 8: Pigs are the main eaters, he says. 150 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 5: Feeding them to farm animals is another popular option. Chickens, 151 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 5: as you can hear, also pro pumpkin. Kyle Shaffle, WBZ 152 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 5: Boston's News Radio. 153 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 2: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 154 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 2: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 155 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,679 Speaker 2: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.